Server 2012 R2 Core install to Full GUI

There are many reason why an organization would want to use a Core install of Windows Server 2012 R2 be it a smaller footprint, or attack surface or even reduced management overhead. Lets face it doing everything over command line just plain sucks and you would rather do it via GUI.

If you are like me and have that mentality to have both Core functionality & security but also don't like doing things via command lines & powershell scripts here is a way to get the job done.

By default all features are stored in the %windir%\winsxs directory, but administrators can use the uninstall-windowsfeature <featurename> –remove command to delete the files associated with that feature from the winsxs directory.

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